Ipad Backup file location on Mac?

6 months later...

samhaque wrote:

You couldn't just say that in your first post?

To prevent users who do not know what they are doing from messing things up. As the OP posted, " So I've found the folder but now have multiple files and aren't sure which to delete."

It's hidden for a reason.

If you don't know how to get there, you probably should be in there messing around, which is why I asked what the OP was trying to accomplish.

And now again you have to hold back and feel mighty powerfull.

Again?

Yes you can very simply go to that folder.

Yeah, I posted that 11 months ago.

Way to dredge up the past (and attempt to feel mighty powerfull (sic)).

Holding back information is not your business. You knew the answer still didn't tell it. Its not your job to parent users. All you can do is give the answer when you know it and warn them that its a risky process. You are wasting everyone's time by being a cencor on what other users can or cannot do. Your presence on this thread AND on this forum is practically useles when you are unwilling to share information. Its even worse if you actually work for Apple. Think about it hard.

Quit responding to year old posts in a lame attempt to prove to yourself that you are somehow important.

Grow up.

"You knew the answer still didn't tell it."

Guess you don't know how to read. I posted it twice in this thread, 6 months and 11 months ago.

"Holding back information is not your business."

It's my business to do what I want.

"Its not your job to parent users."

But somehow you think it is your job?

Having read (& answered) enough posts here, what the user asks is not always what they need to solve their issue, which why I questioned what the OP was attempting to do.

Sometimes what they think they want to do is detrimental to what they are trying to accomplish.

Chris CA wrote:

Having read (& answered) enough posts here, what the user asks is not always what they need to solve their issue, which why I questioned what the OP was attempting to do.

Sometimes what they think they want to do is detrimental to what they are trying to accomplish.

Again. Deciding what information the OP can or cannot know about his device is not upto you. In this case he simply wanted to look at the size of the backup folder. You held back. That is the definition of parenting. If you think I'm parenting the OP you really have no clue.

Doesn't matter how old a thread is if topic is still valid.

Come on, go fly your kite somewhere if you are bored, we don't need your advice on how we help the communities.

Chris is a level 9 contributor, pay some respect will you. Go get your points together first before you think you know all that's to know.

" If you think I'm parenting the OP you really have no clue."

???

You are the one with no clue. You are attempting to parent me.

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rugbyhubby wrote:

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You were close with thinking it was the device serial, rugbyhubby, the folder names actually correspond to the devices' UDIDs. If you want to find out which UDID corresponds to which device, with the device plugged in and showing the summary page in iTunes, just click on the device serial and it will switch to showing the UDID instead.

h0b...

Now THAT was a useful post !! Many thanks!

(as for the rest of the thread bickering, I think I have to agree that ChrisCA was less than helpful in most of his responses in this thread. "Level9" or no, I'm inclined to "respect" posters that try to actually help. Let's not forget that the Library was fully accessible to users for many OS-X years. It hardly seems appropriate to decide to "protect" the user from seeing the folder just because Apple made a UI change last year...)

David Gorrell 1.67G4 wrote:

h0b...

Now THAT was a useful post !! Many thanks!

So now that you know which backup is which, what good does it do you?

Most of my answers were straight fowrward on what to do and how to do it (or why not to do it).

If someone does not know how to get into a hidden folder, they really shouldn't be getting in there because they will screw up their system.

(as for the rest of the thread bickering

which for some unknown reason, you decide to comment on them 3 months later (after some other dunce decided to drag it up and argue for no purpose, 6 months after the original posts)

It hardly seems appropriate to decide to "protect" the user from seeing the folder just because Apple made a UI change last year...)

I didn't make this change to the OS, Apple did.

Suggestions here -> http://www.apple.com/feedback/

In spite of my knowing the cautions against mud-wrestling a pig ⚠ I will make ONE response here.

A. "what good does it do you" - By finding the files (the whole point of this thread, btw) I was able to create a Cloud backup at someplace other than the overproced Apple iCloud. Pretty useful info, IMHO.

B. "for some unknown reason, you decide to comment on 3 months later..." - Since I don't troll around these forums every day (or week or month) I can only make my input when I research a topic. Timeliness of the response means MUCH less to me than usefullness.

Hopefully, others looking for the iOS backup file location will have found at least some of the posting in this thread useful. Enough said....

David Gorrell 1.67G4 wrote:

A. "what good does it do you" - By finding the files (the whole point of this thread, btw) I was able to create a Cloud backup at someplace other than the overproced Apple iCloud. Pretty useful info, IMHO.

So you now copied these files elsewhere.

Again, what good does this do? You cannot restore them to your iPhone.

Overpriced? My iCloud (same with the majority of users) is free. But okay, you want more than the free 5GB.

Chris CA wrote:

You cannot restore them to your iPhone.

Of course I can. One would think that a "Level 9" poster would be more Mac-educated than that.

I really think we are done here.

David Gorrell 1.67G4 wrote:

Of course I can.

How so?

One would think that a "Level 9" poster would be more Mac-educated than that.

Then how about Mac-educating me (and everyone else in this thread)?

Never said I was perfect or knew everything...